Active Minds

MAY 1, 2023

First, we needed to open up the conversation about mental health — stigma was incredibly pervasive, and far too many people were struggling in silence. That’s why, for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Active Minds is working directly with Gen Z. passionate about creating lasting mental health change, and c.)

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

The Emerging Scholar Fellowship, generously supported by the Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health and Macy’s , is a unique opportunity for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or Persons of Color (BIPOC) to work on their own groundbreaking mental health-related independent research.

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Active Minds

MARCH 15, 2023

When Active Minds received a three-year $3 million grant last year from United Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Optum, our team could not have imagined the impact that this partnership would have on the growth of our community. Our partnership has thrived over the past month.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The uncertainty of being accepted by our family, friends, school, and more can bring up a lot of emotions and mental health concerns, especially in our transgender and gender non-conforming youth, who are the recent target of political agendas. Allow us to decide who knows what parts of us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Florida International University (FIU) has received $6 million to help improve access to mental health services for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). The five-year grant came through the U.S. There is currently a shortage of such mental health service providers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Latino college students face a unique set of challenges, from food insecurity to mental health crises, yet their aspirations remain remarkably strong,” said Jenny Muñiz, senior policy advisor at UnidosUS. Pell Grants were utilized by 61% of the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Fairfield University's Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $2.59 million grant through the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. “We We are thrilled to be selected for this funding,” said Dr. Kathryn E. Dr. Kathryn E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Several New Jersey public colleges and research universities can apply for mental health services funding from the state, NorthJersey.com reported. The funds will come from the $15 million allocated for mental health services by the state. Phil Murphy This comes amid rising suicide and depression among students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. Radford received its hoped-for amount in the grant, said Trageser, as they carefully calculated what it would cost to hire and keep their student support advocates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

According to the report, the HEERF funding model was groundbreaking in three key ways: it represented an unprecedented federal investment in community colleges, it based allocations partially on Pell Grant recipients, and it included special funding for institutions serving students of color.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We were out at dinner with friends one night, and we talked about forming a new group at our school, focused on kindness and mental health to prevent anyone from feeling the way our friend Ava must have felt. Our advisor wrote a grant to the KyleCares foundation and before we knew it we had an Active Minds chapter at Whitman-Hanson.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 10, 2024

From the advisors (school counselors): Kaitlyn Robichaud and Courtney Selig This blog was written by Whitman-Hanson Regional High School’s Active Minds advisors about their experience supporting student-led efforts to advance mental health in their community. Talk about “great minds think alike!”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Nearly half are Pell Grant-eligible, and 68% experience at least one basic needs insecurity, with 24% self-identifying as homeless. In 1961, college students were predominantly white, traditional-age students who attended full-time. Today, they're far more diverse77% non-whiteand face challenges unknown to previous generations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Send Silence Packing® encourages attendees to seek support for themselves, friends, or loved ones, with trained professionals available on-site and thousands of mental health resources distributed to community members at each stop. What sparked your passion for mental health and suicide prevention?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“While President Biden’s recent historic student loan relief plan will benefit millions of federal student loan borrowers, including HBCU borrowers, policymakers must now work to reverse the systemic underfunding of HBCUs and increase the purchasing power of the Pell Grant, among other reformative measures.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In total, the “Focus on Florida’s Future” budget has $550 million for school safety, including $290 million to be allocated by the Office of Safe Schools, $108 million for “mental health allocation,” and $42 million for public school hardening grants. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat who represents Broward.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 6, 2025

I will never take for granted the experience of being a home student in the UK again. Remember that your home university is there for you throughout your year abroad and the reason you pay a percentage of fees that year is for continued access to services (including mental health support). Need support?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2023

The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. million grant from the Andrew W. Two sessions continued on Thursday during the second and final day of the Black Men Research Institute’s (BMRI) Spring Symposium.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Faculty themselves were also not immune to mental health fatigue and crisis. Though the positive results of the survey provide Morris and his team optimism, there were other concerning facts that were revealed in the results. Additionally, women college presidents experience a pay gap of under 10 percent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this blog post, we draw insights from Tidewater Community College leaders to outline five practical actions community colleges can implement to improve students’ mental health and overall well-being that support institutional efforts to boost student success. What is a community college?

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Thrive Alliance Group

JANUARY 19, 2022

To build a school climate and culture that supports mental health, you’re going to need two things: buy-in from those who control the purse strings, and the funds to implement mental health support programs. And, grants for mental health in schools are readily available, if you know where to look.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Mellon Foundation was accepting grant proposals for disability studies projects, she eagerly submitted one for a fellowship program designed to cultivate the work of disabled scholar-activists. Their web-based project, Neurodivergent-U , is an accessibility ranking of 89 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Pell Grant recipients in California got more in aid than their non-Pell peers,” said Rodriguez. The pandemic really shone a light on how food insecurity and mental health effects student success in and outside the classroom,” said Rodriguez. Most colleges used need to determine the amount of money they would award to students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

To get a sense of what freedom dreaming looks like in action, consider a recent visit Mims made to a middle school in Richmond, Virginia, as part of “Freedom Dreaming and Dreamkeeping with Black Girls,” a course she developed for Black middle school girls with a small grant from NYU. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Institutions that have a large number of undergraduate students who receive Pell Grants also reported a decline in freshman enrollment of more than 10%. In particular, we have seen an increase in utilization and supports around student wellness and mental health.” Certificate programs indicate a 7.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2023

The report, which is published twice-yearly, provides national enrollment estimates based on data from over 3,600 colleges, universities, and credential-granting programs, making up 97% of all American post-secondary institutions. According to Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

The facility would also address the mental health of our students. We need to double what we offer for Pell Grants. Community college is free, and student aid covers the total cost of attendance. Community colleges build 24-hour urgent care facilities on our campuses to support students and the community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. PCC is a place where we have a lot of creative thinking,” Boekelheide says.

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Community College Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

million grant to California community colleges will go towards assisting with the mental health needs of students in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Ed Excelencia, an organization promoting Latinx success in higher education and at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Having to take state politics into account is an unfair additional burden on LGBTQ+ students, according to Dr. Margaux Cowden, chief program officer at the Point Foundation, a nonprofit that grants scholarships to LGBTQ+ learners. That concerns me beyond comprehension,” said Bodell. It’s frustrating, but it’s mainly unfair,” they said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Finances remain a significant hurdle for comebackers, something schools can potentially help with through tuition assistance, payment plans, course waivers, and grants, according to the report. “For students who had a high number of college credits, raising their GPA above the 2.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Smith, an associate professor of higher education at University of Cincinnati, said basic needs such as food, housing, and mental health care are critical challenges that community colleges are trying to recognize and address. Dr. Everrett A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shelley says when comparing participants in the Pathfinders program who are Pell Grant recipients with Pell Grant recipients at the college who don’t participate, there is 10% to 11% higher retention among those who access the MRC. Men taking part in Pathfinders speak with kids at Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cleveland.

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